21/00314/TNCA

1. 5 Feb 2021

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 8 Mar 2021

   Decision issued: No Objection

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from the council to the national planning inspectorate, or in Scotland usually to a local review body first. The appeal considers the scheme afresh against the same policies.

Anyone who commented on the original application is normally notified and can comment again within the appeal deadline. Appeal decisions take months rather than weeks, and the outcome replaces the council's decision.

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

More on trees applications in our guide

• 21/01163/LDE Decided

  Land Opposite The Close At Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent

  Lawful Development Certificate Existing: use of adjoining land and building to property as a domestic garden incidental to the enjoyment of the main dwellinghouse for an uninterrupted period since 2001

  23 Apr 2021 22m away Lawful development
• 21/02134/FL Granted

  3 Bull Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JE

  Proposed crossover and drive widening

  2 Aug 2021 69m away Full applications
• 23/00195/FL Granted

  13 Bull Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JE

  Enlarge existing single storey rear extension and add a first floor above

  26 Jan 2023 111m away Full applications
• 21/01948/TNCA Granted

  All Saints Church Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent

  Removal of five trees identified in management plan (various species of Yew, Maple and Yukka)

  12 Jul 2021 121m away Trees
• 21/02071/TNCA Granted

  All Saints Church Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent

  Works to reduce the height and spread of a Box tree by 1m to form a rounded balanced shape and raise low crown to give a 2m ground clearance

  26 Jul 2021 121m away Trees
• 23/00388/NMA Granted

  29 Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR

  Non Material Amendment to planning permission TM/17/01156/FL: to change the material of the proposed front entrance wall from brickwork to Kentish ragstone and create an angled wall at the entrance to create an ease of access and improve visibility when entering and leaving the property

  22 Feb 2023 192m away Amendments

• 26/01438/TNCA Decided

  Old Parsonage Court West Malling Kent

  1 x Oak (applicants ref. T1 - 70% dead and adjacent to garage) - Remove.

  23 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01427/TPOC Decided

  6 Staleys Acre Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8GT

  1 x twin-stemmed False Acacia with recently failed stem and basal decay - Remove. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order

  29 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01426/TPOC Decided

  Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent

  Trees standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order - Root pruning necessary to enable repair of leak (excavation along part of red line annotation on submitted plan in highway/highway Verge opposite Oakhurst Farm House, Bank Lane, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11

  29 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01422/TNCA Awaiting decision

  Hillview Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ

  T1 (Applicants ref) - False Acacia - Reduce crown by 30%.- To allow more light on property and patio

  28 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01408/TPOC Awaiting decision

  27 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ

  Ash tree- Coppice (Lower boughs cutting back). Standing in Group G2 of Tree Preservation Order

  27 Jul 2026 Trees